Russian electronic visa fill in instruction

Be advised that you can apply for your electronic visa not earlier than 20 days, but not later 4 days prior to you departure.

After entering this website - https://evisa.kdmid.ru/en-US/Home/Index - you have to specify your nationality and visit area

As for the visit area you can choose from the following

1) Primorsky krai

air checkpoint «Vladivostok (Knevichy Airport, VVO)»; naval checkpoints «Vladivostok», «Zarubino», «Posiet»; railroad checkpoints «Pogranichny», «Khasan», «Makhalino»; automobile checkpoints «Poltavka», «Turiy Rog».

2) Sakhalin Oblast

air checkpoint «Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo Airport, UUS)»; naval checkpoint «Korsakov».

3) Kamchatka Krai

air checkpoint «Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Yelizovo Airport, PKC)»;

naval checkpoint «Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky».

4) Amur Region

air checkpoint «Blagoveschensk» (BQS).

5) Khabarovsk Krai

air checkpoint «Khabarovsk (Novy Airport, KHV)».

6) Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

air checkpoint «Anadyr (Ugolny Airport, DYR)».

7) Republic of Buryatia

air checkpoint «Ulan-Ude (Muhino, UUD)».

8) Zabaykalsky Krai

air checkpoint «Chita (Kadala, HTA)»

9) Kaliningrad Oblast

air checkpoint «Kaliningrad (Khrabrovo, KGD)»; naval checkpoint «Kaliningrad (checkpoints in the cities of

Kaliningrad, Baltiysk and Svetly)»; railroad checkpoints «Mamonovo», «Sovetsk»; automobile checkpoints «Bagrationovsk», «Gusev», «Mamonovo

(Grzechotki)», «Mamonovo (Gronowo)», «Morskoje», «Pogranichny», «Sovetsk», «Chernyshevskoye».

Saint-Petersbourg:

air checkpoint «Pulkovo airport (LED)»

Leningrad region:

naval checkpoints: «Vysotsk», «Big port of Saint Petersburg

(Marine station section)», «Passenger port Saint Petersburg»;

railroad checkpoints not available for the moment;

automobile checkpoints: «Ivangorod», «Torfyanovka»,

«Brusnitchnoe», «Svetogorsk»;

pedestrian checkpoint: «Ivangorod»

Then go to the page bottom, put three ticks and press

“Fill out a new application form” button

Next, you have to write your e-mail, confirm it, set-up a password and confirm it,

enter text displayed on the image. Then press “Next” button.

Please, be advised that fields with red star are mandatory to fill in.

The application form include several groups of questions.

1. Personal details

Please, enter your personal data as in your foreign passport.

Important info for Taiwan residents: You should enter as shown in your passport (with decimal or separate as shown

below), but not joined-up, otherwise you won’t be able to board the airplane or enter Russia. Please, don’t enter your “Also known

as” name, your application will not be accepted at the airport registration counter as well.

When finished, press “Next” button. You are able to save a draft of your app form, please press “Save draft” button if needed.

2. Visa details

In this section, please, choose purpose of the visit, visit area, date of entry, type of accommodation (hotel or individual),

hotel or individual address, phone and e-mail (if available). If you entered Russia before, please, specify you last trip details.

Press “Next” button to continue.

3. Document details

Here, please, specify your travelling document info. If you hold ordinary passport, please choose “Tourist passport”.

When finished, press “Next” button to continue.

4. Contacts and occupation

In this section you have to specify you contact info and work info (if you work or has a permanent address)

When finished, press “Next” button to continue.

5. Relatives in Russia

Please, specify if you have any relatives living in Russia.

If you do, then fill in basic info about them.

When finished, press “Next” button to continue.

6. Applicant photo

Please, upload your photo. Press “Add photo” button and choose the photo you want to add.

Adjust the photo, if needed

When finished, press “Next” button to continue.

7. Summary

Here you will see all the info in one page. Please check out it again before submitting.

Please, be advised that if you find any mistakes after submitting the application form,

you have to fill it again

But before submitting on this summary page you will be able to edit all the info you specified before.

Then go to the page bottom, put four ticks and press

“Save and submit” button

After submitting the application form you will receive automatic messages about your application status as well as your

confirmation that your application has been approved or denied.

Please, be advised that an e-visa does not guarantee the right for entry into the territory of the Russian Federation and you

may be denied entry in cases provided for by Russian law.

Within 4 days, you will receive a notification of granting

an E-visa or a notification that your application has been

denied.

If you didn’t receive any notification, then you can apply

for an ordinary visa.

Print this notification and take with you. Please, show this

notification along with your passport to the immigration

officer.